Meanwhile, Jiang Chaoqun found it even harder to believe.
He instinctively roared at Wu Tian, "What nonsense are you spouting! You're slandering me!"
But Zhou Mingxue, as the director of the Public Security Bureau, naturally possessed his own shrewdness.
Therefore, he paid special attention to Wu Tian's words.
He gazed at Wu Tian and said, "Wu Tian, you can't just say things without basis. You claim Jiang Chaoqun accepted bribes, do you have any evidence?"
Before Wu Tian could speak, Jiang Chaoqun quickly interjected, "Director Zhou, please don't listen to his wild ramblings!"
"I, Jiang Chaoqun, have always conducted myself with integrity. I have never accepted any so-called bribes! Please believe me!"
If someone else had reported Jiang Chaoqun, Zhou Mingxue might have hesitated.
But Wu Tian had an unusual relationship with him, and he also trusted Wu Tian's character, so he didn't believe Wu Tian was speaking carelessly.
He turned his head to look at Jiang Chaoqun again and then coldly asked, "A fly doesn't bite a seamless egg. If you had no issues, why would Wu Tian report you?"
Jiang Chaoqun quickly said, "Director Zhou, I know what this is all about!"
"Before, our Planning Bureau organized a competition between villages. The winning side would receive support from our Planning Bureau."
"But this fellow was outmatched and lost to our village. Then he shifted all the blame onto me, saying I took money from Tian'e Village!"
"Director Zhou, truly, as heaven is my witness!"
"You know me; how could I possibly do such a thing?"
"So please stop listening to his nonsense. He's just a ruffian. Why should anyone believe a ruffian?"
Jiang Chaoqun was truly flustered, so he blurted out all these words in one go.
Zhou Mingxue pondered for a moment, then said to Wu Tian, "Wu Tian, returning to our previous topic, do you have any evidence?"
Wu Tian nodded and said, "Of course, I have evidence. If I didn't have evidence, would I have reported him?"
Jiang Chaoqun's heart sank instantly.
But then he thought, this wasn't right. The only thing that could serve as conclusive evidence was his ledger.
However, there was no way that ledger would fall into Wu Tian's hands.
So, it seemed that even if Wu Tian had any evidence, it would likely be rather insignificant.
Thinking this, Jiang Chaoqun couldn't help but feel relieved.
He angrily said, "Wu Tian! You've gone too far!"
"Do you know what you're doing? I'm telling you, you are defaming me!"
"If you can't produce any reasonable evidence today, I will definitely exercise my rights!"
"I will sue you! I will send you to prison!"
Seeing Jiang Chaoqun's hysterical demeanor, Wu Tian sneered inwardly.
His gaze deepened, and he shouted, "You should be the one going to prison first!"
"Take a good look at this! What is this!"
With that, Wu Tian directly pulled out a folded stack of papers from his pocket.
Jiang Chaoqun didn't know what it was, but he laughed heartily, "Kid, I thought you were going to pull out something impressive."
"What are you doing, pulling out paper to go to the restroom?"
"I want evidence, evidence! Not this pile of useless scrap paper!"
"Scrap paper?" Wu Tian said coldly, handing the stack of papers to Zhou Mingxue.
"Director Zhou, please take a good look first, what is this."
Zhou Mingxue took the stack of papers, opened them, and began to read carefully.
As he read on, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper.
Jiang Chaoqun, not noticing Zhou Mingxue's expression, continued to mock Wu Tian, "Just you wait and see, kid. When you're in prison, I'll see who you go to for regret!"
He was about to continue mocking Wu Tian, but at that moment, a furious roar startled him so much that he almost lost his soul!
"Jiang Chaoqun! I think you're the one who should be going to prison!"
Jiang Chaoqun's heart nearly leaped out of his throat from fright.
He widened his eyes and tremblingly said to Zhou Mingxue, "Di-Director Zhou, what's wrong?"
Zhou Mingxue glared at Jiang Chaoqun, looking as if he wanted to tear him apart, and said, "Jiang Chaoqun, I'm giving you one last chance. Did you or did you not accept bribes!"
Zhou Mingxue's interrogation only made Jiang Chaoqun more bewildered.
But the more guilty someone felt, the more likely they were to cling to hope.
So he insisted, "No, didn't I say? How could I possibly do such a thing!"
"If I had truly done such a thing, I wouldn't need you, Director Zhou, to act; I would go to prison myself!"
He felt he had spoken with absolute certainty, and his facial expression should have been perfectly controlled. Why wasn't Zhou Mingxue believing him?
But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhou Mingxue say coldly, "Is that so? If that's the case, then I won't act. You can go to prison yourself!"
Jiang Chaoqun said fearfully, "No, Director Zhou, what do you mean?"
"What's going on all of a sudden? Why are you saying this? Is there something wrong here?"
Zhou Mingxue threw the stack of papers directly at Jiang Chaoqun and roared, "Are you still going to play dumb with me! Open your eyes wide and take a good look, what is this!"
Jiang Chaoqun froze for two seconds, then squatted down and picked up the papers to look at them.
As soon as he saw the first page, his eyeballs trembled violently!
How could this be!
His heart was instantly churned by a storm of shock.
He kept looking at the papers, and finally, he leaned back and sat directly on the ground!
He wasn't mistaken; the content written on those papers was his ledger!
"You... where did you get this?" Jiang Chaoqun asked Wu Tian tremblingly.
Wu Tian said coldly, "Didn't you say I couldn't produce evidence?"
"Then tell me now, can the thing you're holding be considered evidence?"
Jiang Chaoqun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up and roared at Wu Tian, "I'm asking you, where did you get this! How do you have my ledger!"
Wu Tian chuckled coldly, "Jiang Chaoqun, from your words, are you admitting that this is your ledger?"
Jiang Chaoqun trembled violently, then quickly denied it, "No... this, I don't recognize this, I don't recognize it!"
His mind was in utter chaos.
He remembered that last night, Ding Ling suddenly approached him, saying she wanted to do "that" with him.
And he had long coveted Ding Ling's body, so naturally, he was tempted by her.
He remembered that Ding Ling had asked him about the location of the ledger at the time, and in a moment of impulse, he had told her.
Could it be... that Ding Ling gave this ledger to Wu Tian?!